Discontinued — last reported Q4 '25
PPG Industries Inventory LIFO Reserve increased by 0.6% to $182.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 5.8%, from $172.00M to $182.00M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Inventory LIFO Reserve shows an upward trend with a 10.5% CAGR.
A growing reserve typically indicates rising costs of raw materials over time.
This is the difference between the cost of inventory calculated under the LIFO method and the cost under the FIFO or ave...
Only applicable to companies using LIFO; peers using FIFO will not have this metric.
inventory_lifo_reserve| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $124.00M | $153.00M | $174.00M | $206.00M | $234.00M | $260.00M | $272.00M | $281.00M | $270.00M | $262.00M | $249.00M | $252.00M | $247.00M | $235.00M | $169.00M | $172.00M | $180.00M | $181.00M | $181.00M | $182.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +23.4% | +13.7% | +18.4% | +13.6% | +11.1% | +4.6% | +3.3% | -3.9% | -3.0% | -5.0% | +1.2% | -2.0% | -4.9% | -28.1% | +1.8% | +4.7% | +0.6% | +0.0% | +0.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +88.7% | +69.9% | +56.3% | +36.4% | +15.4% | +0.8% | -8.5% | -10.3% | -8.5% | -10.3% | -32.1% | -31.7% | -27.1% | -23.0% | +7.1% | +5.8% |